The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 18, 2079
Waning Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 PM
10:38 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 388,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1936
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 | 232.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.2° / 272.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 22m / -7.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.34° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.83° / 4.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.03° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.