The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 18, 2043
Waxing Gibbous
88.4% 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
6:44 PM
2:44 AM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1491
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 | 140.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.2° / 57.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 58m / -27.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.22° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.51° / 6.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.93° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.