The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 18, 2086
First Quarter
47.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 PM
12:08 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.8%
- Age
- 7.7 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2023
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
20° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.3° / 89.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -12.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.92° / -3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.61° / 5.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.95° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.