The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 18, 2007
Waxing Crescent
28.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:25 PM
10:47 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.7%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1047
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.6° / 106.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 45m / -15.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.89° / -4.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.72° / 5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.27° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.