The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 18, 1901
Waxing Crescent
18.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 AM
9:21 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.4%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -264
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 | 50.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.0° / 120.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 53m / -8.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.60° / -2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.34° / 3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.78° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.