The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 18, 2165
Waxing Gibbous
71.0% 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
4:01 PM
2:03 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.0%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3000
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
21° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.8° / 67.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 21m / -13.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.27° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.38° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.14° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.8° |
| 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.