The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 18, 1939
Waxing Crescent
17.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 AM
10:28 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.4%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 206
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 | 49.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.3° / 109.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 49m / -6.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.94° / -1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.13° / 2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.92° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.