The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, July 18, 2159
Waxing Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 AM
10:54 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2926
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jul 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 102.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 47m / 2.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.08° / -4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.37° / 6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.29° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 297.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.