The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 18, 1966
Waxing Crescent
7.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 AM
10:06 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.3%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 540
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 | 30.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.2° / 110.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / 5.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.20° / 4.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.69° / -4.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.78° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.