The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 18, 2174
Waning Gibbous
78.7% 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
11:36 PM
10:59 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3111
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 275.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 28m / -3.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.44° / 0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.49° / -0.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.60° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.