The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 18, 1944
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 AM
8:37 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 267
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 176.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.3° / 134.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 47m / 15.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.54° / 2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.81° / -2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.50° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 160.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.