The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 18, 1969
Waxing Crescent
27.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 PM
10:48 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.4%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 577
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 | 62.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 106.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 41m / -13.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.41° / -3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / 4.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.65° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.