The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 18, 1917
Waxing Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 AM
7:34 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -66
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.8° / 151.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 23m / 5.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 155.41° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.27° / 5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.13° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 314.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.