The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 18, 1962
Waning Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 PM
9:56 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 490
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 | 219.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 286.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 24m / -2.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.71° / -4.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.07° / 5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.39° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.