The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 18, 1987
Waning Crescent
41.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:51 AM
2:58 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.6%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 389,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 798
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 | 279.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.5° / 263.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 09m / 15.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 35.30° / 2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.56° / -3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.26° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.