The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 18, 1911
Waning Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -141
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 | 285.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.1° / 278.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 33m / 25.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.39° / 3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.78° / -3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.56° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.