The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 18, 2131
Waning Crescent
37.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:36 AM
3:09 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.4%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2579
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 284.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.6° / 253.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 38m / 10.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.42° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.77° / 6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.69° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.