The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 18, 1923
Waxing Crescent
43.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:38 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.4%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 8
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 3.2° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.1° / 91.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 03m / -12.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.89° / 4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.79° / -5.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 99.63° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.