The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 18, 2009
Waning Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 AM
5:58 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1070
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.2° / 247.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 22m / 25.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.97° / 4.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.81° / -5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.19° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.