The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 18, 2109
Waning Gibbous
62.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 AM
12:42 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.6%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2307
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 | 255.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.1° / 266.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 46m / 2.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.58° / -2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.49° / 3.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.00° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.