The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 18, 1936
Waxing Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 AM
8:50 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 169
Events on this date
-
Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.8° / 127.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 50m / 2.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.08° / -4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.04° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.81° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 307.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.