The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 18, 2040
Waxing Gibbous
63.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 PM
1:24 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.7%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1454
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 | 105.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 76.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 42m / -13.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 222.45° / 1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.56° / -1.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.71° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.