The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, July 18, 2020
Waning Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:07 AM
7:31 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1206
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 | 334.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 73.2° / 189.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 04m / 23.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.87° / 0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.37° / 0.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.68° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.