The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, July 18, 2129
Waxing Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 AM
10:23 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2555
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.4° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.5° / 105.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 32m / 14.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.64° / 0.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.46° / 0.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.37° / -0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.