The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 18, 1907
Waxing Gibbous
70.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 PM
12:25 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.4%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -190
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 | 113.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.8° / 87.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 11m / -20.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.53° / 2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.32° / -3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.84° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.