The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 18, 1941
Waning Crescent
18.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:45 AM
5:22 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.0%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 395,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 230
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.1° / 236.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 23m / 18.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.37° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.65° / 7.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.31° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.