The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 18, 1935
Waning Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 PM
11:49 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 156
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 | 237.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.0° / 289.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 16m / 13.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.76° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.76° / -6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.18° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.