The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 18, 2119
Waxing Gibbous
81.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:48 PM
1:56 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.2%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2431
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.5° / 71.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -26.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.31° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.61° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.14° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.