The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 2, 1918
Waning Crescent
18.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 AM
5:39 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.1%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -55
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 2, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.8° / 244.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 13m / 23.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.28° / 0.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.89° / 0.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.38° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.