The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 18, 1931
Waxing Crescent
13.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 AM
11:20 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.3%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 106
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,500 km.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.2° / 95.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 41m / 11.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.66° / 2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.70° / -3.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.07° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.