The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 16, 2018
Waxing Crescent
17.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 AM
11:47 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.7%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 367,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1182
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 49.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.8° / 92.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 05m / 9.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.66° / 3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.60° / -3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.08° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.