The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 18, 1989
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:14 PM
8:28 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 824
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 | 200.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.3° / 301.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 08m / -3.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.55° / 1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.52° / -2.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.59° / 0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.