The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 18, 1969
Waxing Crescent
14.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 AM
11:15 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.7%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 576
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 | 44.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.4° / 96.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 51m / 8.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.77° / 1.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.67° / -1.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.44° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.