The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 18, 1908
Last Quarter
52.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:35 PM
1:06 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.1%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -178
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 280.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 26m / 15.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.08° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.16° / 4.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.71° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.