The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 18, 1960
Waning Crescent
12.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 AM
5:58 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.6%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 465
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 | 318.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.3° / 222.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 01m / 18.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.47° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.42° / 6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.14° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.