The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 18, 1940
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 PM
7:25 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 218
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 | 187.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.8° / 312.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 17m / -7.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.46° / 3.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.69° / -3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.78° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 48.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.