The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 18, 1959
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:33 PM
4:47 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 452
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.4° / 353.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 21m / -18.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.09° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.14° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.34° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.