The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 18, 2090
Waning Gibbous
61.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 AM
12:50 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.4%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2072
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.6° / 266.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 53m / 3.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.56° / -1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.49° / 2.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.42° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.