The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 18, 2121
Waxing Crescent
14.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:10 AM
10:51 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.4%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2456
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 44.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.3° / 102.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 42m / 4.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.51° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.93° / 5.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.69° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.