The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 18, 1906
Waning Crescent
2.0% 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
4:10 AM
6:44 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 389,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -203
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 343.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.7° / 197.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 44m / 17.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.55° / -0.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.65° / 0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.38° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.