The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 18, 1996
Waxing Crescent
16.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:51 AM
10:32 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.9%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 911
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 | 48.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.5° / 107.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 54m / -5.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.39° / 0.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.14° / -0.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.49° / -1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.