The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 18, 2025
Waning Crescent
42.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 AM
2:55 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.8%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1268
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 | 278.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.6° / 265.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 05m / 16.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.74° / 3.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.44° / -4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.87° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.