The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 18, 1993
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:49 AM
8:38 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 874
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 | 11.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.3° / 131.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 30m / 4.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.71° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.70° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.64° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 314.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.