The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 18, 1907
First Quarter
51.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:59 PM
12:04 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.8%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -191
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 91.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.1° / 88.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 47m / -5.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.87° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.38° / -6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.60° / 0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.