The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 18, 1977
Waxing Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 AM
10:08 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 675
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 | 26.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.8° / 109.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 34m / 10.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 142.57° / -4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.38° / 5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.12° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.