The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 18, 1910
Waxing Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 PM
2:58 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -153
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 | 153.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.8° / 47.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 07m / -24.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.62° / -4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.24° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.85° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.