The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 18, 1924
Waning Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 PM
8:41 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 19
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 | 209.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.2° / 283.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 50m / -13.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 325.05° / -0.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.27° / 0.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.24° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.