The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 18, 1947
Waxing Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 AM
10:07 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 305
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 6.4° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.0° / 110.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 50m / 6.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.20° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.87° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.58° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.