The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 18, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
92.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 PM
3:59 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.0%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 886
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 147.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.7° / 23.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 36m / -17.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.85° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.45° / -5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.99° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.