The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 18, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:07 PM
2:59 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1256
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.3° / 48.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 19m / -27.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.90° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.88° / 6.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.52° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.