The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 18, 1950
Waxing Crescent
28.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:18 PM
10:55 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.0%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 342
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.4° / 105.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 44m / -13.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.93° / -2.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.76° / 3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.47° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.