The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 18, 2018
Waxing Crescent
37.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 PM
12:20 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.8%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1182
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 | 75.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.5° / 84.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 50m / -0.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.62° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.23° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.60° / -0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.