The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 18, 1999
Waxing Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:13 PM
12:07 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 947
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 | 70.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.7° / 86.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / 1.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.16° / 4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.91° / -5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.40° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.