The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 18, 1927
Waning Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:59 PM
1:00 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 57
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 | 254.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.2° / 275.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 33m / 11.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.44° / -3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.98° / 5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.81° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.