The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 18, 1905
Waning Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:24 PM
9:00 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- -215
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 | 220.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.0° / 299.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 24m / -0.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.24° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.64° / 4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.68° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.