The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 18, 2106
Waning Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 PM
8:41 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2270
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 | 206.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.3° / 290.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 33m / -9.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.61° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.87° / -6.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.03° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.