The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 18, 1923
Waxing Crescent
24.0% 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
11:15 AM
11:56 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.0%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 7
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 | 58.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.5° / 92.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / 3.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.54° / 1.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.01° / -0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.42° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.9° |
| 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.