The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 18, 2166
Waning Gibbous
66.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:03 AM
12:15 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.5%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3012
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.3° / 266.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 32m / -0.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.05° / -3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.56° / 4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -71.21° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.