The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 18, 2103
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 PM
4:50 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2233
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 | 165.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.8° / 332.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 47m / -23.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.87° / -0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.75° / 0.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.95° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.