The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 18, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 PM
3:18 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 81
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 145.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.5° / 40.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 21m / -25.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.24° / -2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.21° / 3.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.30° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.