The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 18, 2031
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 AM
8:12 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1342
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 350.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 65.3° / 147.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 08m / 18.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 106.02° / -3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.36° / 5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.91° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.