The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 18, 2017
Waning Crescent
29.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 AM
3:58 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.5%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1169
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 | 294.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.1° / 247.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 18m / 12.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.62° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.92° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.53° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.