The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 18, 1919
Waning Gibbous
69.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:49 PM
12:04 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.8%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -43
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 246.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.5° / 275.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 59m / 4.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.67° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.68° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.