The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 18, 1954
Waning Gibbous
77.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 PM
11:40 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.8%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 391
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,200 km.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.7° / 290.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 11m / 13.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.32° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.86° / -6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.00° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.