The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 18, 2028
Waning Crescent
15.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:26 AM
6:09 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.0%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1305
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 314.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 64.3° / 243.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 36m / 25.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.16° / 3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.75° / -4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.99° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.