The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 18, 1901
Waxing Crescent
9.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 AM
9:24 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.2%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -265
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 34.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.7° / 119.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 02m / 6.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.16° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.18° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.58° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.