The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 18, 1985
Waxing Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 AM
10:00 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 775
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 | 29.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.2° / 111.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / 5.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.37° / 3.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.36° / -4.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.97° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.