The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 18, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
79.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:31 PM
2:03 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 400,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 750
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.8° / 69.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 04m / -24.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.01° / -0.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.70° / 1.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.36° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.