The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 18, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 PM
1:45 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 280
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 | 119.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.8° / 73.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 38m / -22.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.02° / 1.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.95° / -1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.74° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.