The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 18, 2022
Waning Gibbous
69.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.9%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1231
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.5° / 267.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 16m / -2.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.66° / -3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.86° / 5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.82° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.