The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 18, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
55.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -227
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 | 96.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.5° / 94.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -15.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.74° / 5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.07° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.70° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.