The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 18, 1938
Last Quarter
52.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.2%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 193
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.6° / 274.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 21m / 18.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.65° / -0.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / 0.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.23° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.