The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 18, 2146
Waxing Gibbous
68.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 PM
1:48 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.0%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 373,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2765
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.6° / 70.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 03m / -12.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.04° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.36° / -5.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.94° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.