The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 18, 1967
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:09 PM
4:50 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 552
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 | 162.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.8° / 334.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 47m / -23.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 308.00° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.06° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.20° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.