The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 18, 2068
Waning Gibbous
82.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 PM
10:35 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.7%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1800
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 | 229.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.6° / 281.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 01m / -1.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.97° / 4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.30° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.83° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.3° |
| 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.