The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, July 18, 2077
Waning Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:39 AM
8:23 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.1 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1911
Events on this date
-
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 343.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 74.2° / 153.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 47m / 25.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.60° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.06° / -3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.88° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.