The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 18, 1984
Waning Gibbous
61.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:52 PM
1:18 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.4%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 762
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 | 257.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.3° / 276.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 44m / 14.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.88° / -1.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.11° / 2.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.21° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.