The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 18, 1915
Waxing Gibbous
57.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 PM
11:34 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.2%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -91
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 | 98.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.2° / 103.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 59m / -25.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.79° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.38° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.47° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.