The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 18, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
74.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 PM
2:06 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.8%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1590
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 | 119.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.1° / 67.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 35m / -16.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 235.61° / 2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.30° / -2.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.52° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.