The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 18, 1932
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 PM
9:03 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 16.3 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 119
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 | 207.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.7° / 296.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 34m / -2.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.14° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.51° / -0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.37° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 66.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.