The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 15, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
56.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:14 PM
12:08 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.9%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -54
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.5° / 91.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 49m / -21.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.81° / -1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.73° / 2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.54° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.