The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 18, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
64.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 PM
12:28 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.1%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 849
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 | 106.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.2° / 88.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 38m / -25.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.44° / -3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.04° / 4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.97° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.