The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 18, 1924
Waning Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
10:41 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 20
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 | 227.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.5° / 284.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 55m / 1.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.25° / -4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / 5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.98° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.