The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 18, 1915
Waxing Crescent
37.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:46 AM
11:04 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.2%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -92
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 102.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 30m / -7.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.93° / -4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.82° / 5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.25° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.