The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 18, 1968
Waning Crescent
37.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 AM
3:21 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.9%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 563
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 | 284.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.6° / 261.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 28m / 17.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.18° / 2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.53° / -2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.69° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.