The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 18, 1970
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 PM
8:31 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 589
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 | 201.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.9° / 300.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 10m / -3.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.03° / 1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.15° / -1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.79° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.