The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 18, 1980
Waxing Crescent
35.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 PM
12:10 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.4%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 712
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.0° / 86.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 39m / 0.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.94° / 3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.69° / -4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.98° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.