The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 18, 1939
Waxing Crescent
5.0% 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
8:31 AM
10:04 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 359,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 205
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.8° / 110.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 25m / 10.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.51° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.97° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.73° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.