The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 18, 2160
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 PM
6:34 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2938
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Neptune 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 | 182.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.6° / 306.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -17.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.46° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.93° / -3.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.44° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 28.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.