The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 18, 2107
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:30 AM
7:16 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 2282
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.5° / 183.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 06m / 18.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.38° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.92° / 6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.65° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.