The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 18, 1946
Waning Gibbous
65.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 PM
12:47 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.6%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 292
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 | 251.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.8° / 276.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 23m / 10.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.97° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.69° / 4.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.62° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.