The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:24 AM
7:17 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1071
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 | 335.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 69.5° / 181.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 14m / 19.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.28° / -0.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.56° / 0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.01° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.