The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 18, 1958
Waxing Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 AM
10:27 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 441
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 | 48.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.4° / 109.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 47m / -6.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.23° / -0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.21° / 1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.13° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.