The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 18, 2038
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 PM
8:21 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1429
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 | 206.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.4° / 280.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 46m / -17.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.02° / -3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / 4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.63° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.