The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 18, 1943
Waning Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 PM
9:57 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 367,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 255
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 | 219.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.4° / 287.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / -1.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.50° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.05° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.59° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.