The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 18, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 PM
3:45 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 396,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 651
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 | 144.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.7° / 30.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 23m / -18.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.64° / 4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.46° / -4.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.78° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.