The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, July 18, 2177
Last Quarter
53.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 AM
1:53 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.2%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3148
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
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 | 266.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.7° / 271.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 17m / 13.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.99° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.23° / -6.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.66° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.