The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 18, 1936
New Moon
0.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 AM
8:57 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.0%
- Age
- 0.0 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 168
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 177.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.8° / 127.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 51m / 18.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 116.16° / -2.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / 2.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.37° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 353.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.