The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 18, 2138
Waxing Gibbous
81.9% 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
5:52 PM
2:00 AM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2666
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 | 129.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.4° / 71.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 11m / -26.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.69° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.43° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.34° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.9° |
| 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.