The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 18, 1920
Waxing Crescent
23.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 AM
10:49 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.7%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -29
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 | 58.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.0° / 106.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 25m / -10.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.50° / -1.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.68° / 2.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.49° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.