The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 18, 2122
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:23 PM
5:13 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2468
Events on this date
-
Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.2° / 325.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 03m / -21.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.61° / 0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.30° / -0.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.13° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.4° |
| 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.