The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 18, 1902
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:51 PM
5:11 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -252
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 | 173.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.1° / 357.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 17m / -10.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 318.40° / 4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.21° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.28° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.