The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Waning Crescent
40.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 AM
3:08 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.5%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 375,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1033
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.0° / 264.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 14m / 16.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.05° / 3.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.10° / -3.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.06° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.0° |
| 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.