The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 18, 1953
Waxing Crescent
45.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:39 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.0%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 378
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 84.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.3° / 91.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 05m / -12.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.81° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.82° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.15° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.