The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 18, 1900
Waning Crescent
37.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.0%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 381,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -277
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.2° / 275.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 36m / 21.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.46° / -0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.96° / 0.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.35° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.