The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 18, 1942
Waxing Crescent
41.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.0%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 243
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 | 79.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 92.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 54m / -11.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.50° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.79° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.81° / -0.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.