The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 18, 2052
Waning Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:11 AM
1:10 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1602
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 266.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 05m / 6.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 17.26° / -0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.61° / 1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.05° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.