The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 18, 1965
Waning Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:46 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 526
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.6° / 269.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 32m / -8.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.21° / -5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.19° / 6.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.66° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.