The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 18, 1931
Waxing Crescent
30.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 PM
11:04 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.1%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 107
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 | 66.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.6° / 103.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -13.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 211.09° / -2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.60° / 3.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.27° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.