The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 18, 2014
Last Quarter
54.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 AM
1:33 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.7%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 377,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1132
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.4° / 266.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 16m / 8.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.68° / 0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.26° / -0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.44° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.