The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, July 18, 2056
Waxing Crescent
35.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 PM
12:13 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.2%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1652
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.6° / 85.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 43m / 1.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.36° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.38° / -6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.98° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.