The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 18, 1903
Waning Crescent
40.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:11 AM
1:50 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -241
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 | 280.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.3° / 268.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 17m / 11.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.79° / -2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.57° / 3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.42° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.