The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 18, 1961
Waxing Crescent
41.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:29 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.9%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 388,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 478
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 | 80.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.4° / 91.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 00m / -11.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 225.98° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.53° / -6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.00° / -0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.