The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 18, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
82.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:57 PM
2:17 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 386,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 985
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 | 130.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.9° / 65.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -25.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.84° / -1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.25° / 2.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.58° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.