The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 18, 2059
Waxing Gibbous
58.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:47 PM
1:09 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.0%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1689
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.7° / 79.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 14m / -11.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.16° / 1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.85° / -1.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.13° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.