The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 18, 1919
Last Quarter
50.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:31 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.1%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -42
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,800 km.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 270.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 273.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 29m / 19.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.68° / 0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.35° / -0.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.43° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.