The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 18, 1973
Waning Gibbous
78.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 PM
11:32 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.8%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 626
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 | 234.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.9° / 290.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 07m / 12.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.31° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.02° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.81° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.