The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 18, 1988
Waxing Crescent
30.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 PM
10:54 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.6%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 812
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 | 67.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.0° / 105.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 57m / -16.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.94° / -3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.22° / 5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.84° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.