The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 18, 1944
Waning Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:49 AM
7:52 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 266
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.7° / 165.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 33m / 21.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.76° / -1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.31° / 2.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.68° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.