The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 18, 1928
Waxing Crescent
10.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:49 AM
10:22 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.7%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 70
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 37.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 141.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 107.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / 2.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.25° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.93° / -5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.14° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.