The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 18, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:11 PM
3:19 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 181
Events on this date
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.2° / 41.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 06m / -19.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.40° / 2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.52° / -3.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.14° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.