The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 18, 1950
Waxing Crescent
12.8% 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
9:44 AM
11:13 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.8%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 341
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 41.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.8° / 96.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 39m / 10.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.16° / 2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.04° / -2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.27° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.