The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 18, 1903
Waning Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:06 AM
3:47 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 366,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -240
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 | 302.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.4° / 259.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 47m / 18.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 86.85° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.70° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.22° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.