The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 18, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
58.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.4%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 379
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 | 99.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.7° / 93.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 09m / -25.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.00° / -4.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.10° / 6.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.37° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.