The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 18, 2000
Waning Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:31 PM
9:56 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 960
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 | 219.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.6° / 286.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 28m / -2.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.43° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.52° / 6.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.00° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.