The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 18, 1922
Waning Crescent
22.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 AM
4:54 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.5%
- Age
- 25.1 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- -5
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 | 303.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.4° / 244.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 54m / 18.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.49° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.49° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.51° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.5° |
| 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.