The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 18, 1974
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 AM
8:40 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 639
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 | 12.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.0° / 130.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 30m / 4.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.78° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.56° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.45° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 313.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.