The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 18, 1982
Waning Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 AM
7:06 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 736
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.3° / 202.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 42m / 21.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 85.78° / -1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.10° / 2.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.06° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.