The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 18, 2005
Waxing Gibbous
98.0% 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
8:13 PM
4:56 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.0%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1022
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.4° / 331.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 57m / -22.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.37° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.97° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.59° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.