The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 18, 1955
Waning Crescent
1.0% 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
5:14 AM
8:19 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 402
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.1° / 147.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 00m / 21.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.95° / -1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.90° / 2.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.93° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.