The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 18, 2012
Waxing Crescent
1.4% 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
7:53 AM
8:39 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 378,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1109
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 | 12.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.7° / 130.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 34m / 3.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.77° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.82° / 6.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 162.84° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 313.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.