The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 18, 1912
Waxing Crescent
39.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:33 PM
10:33 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.9%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -128
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 | 78.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.8° / 109.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 41m / -18.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.51° / -2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.43° / 3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.33° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.