The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 18, 1929
Waxing Gibbous
96.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 PM
4:38 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.9%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 82
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 | 160.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.1° / 341.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 37m / -23.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.61° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.13° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.57° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.