The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 18, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
81.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:13 PM
2:42 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.3%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1825
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.1° / 58.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -17.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.13° / 3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.90° / -4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.74° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.