The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 18, 1952
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 AM
7:34 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 366
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 | 338.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 70.3° / 171.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 28m / 20.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.27° / 1.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.93° / -1.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.81° / -0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.