The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 18, 1949
Waning Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 AM
4:28 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 391,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 329
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 | 289.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.7° / 268.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 52m / 26.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.84° / 4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.00° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.66° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.