The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 18, 2144
Waning Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 PM
10:03 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2740
Events on this date
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Mars at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 223.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 282.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 39m / -4.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.55° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.59° / -4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.60° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.