The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, July 18, 2143
Waxing Crescent
42.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.7%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2728
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 | 81.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 89.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / -9.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.30° / -2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.63° / 3.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.00° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.