The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 18, 1930
Waning Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:24 AM
4:00 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 377,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 94
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 | 284.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.9° / 270.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 30m / 25.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.65° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.08° / -4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.86° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.