The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 18, 2198
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
8:52 PM
6:23 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 367,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3408
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 Jupiter close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter 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 | 180.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.8° / 310.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 54m / -16.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 297.19° / 3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.42° / -4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.17° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 354.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.