The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 18, 1912
Waxing Crescent
23.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 AM
10:51 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.7%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -129
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 | 58.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 102.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 40m / 4.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.76° / 1.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.28° / -2.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.12° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.