The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 18, 1993
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 AM
8:15 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 872
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.5° / 147.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 05m / 19.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.40° / -2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.06° / 4.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -174.54° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.