The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 18, 2008
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:10 PM
8:34 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1059
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.3° / 302.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 10m / -2.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.63° / 2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.64° / -2.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.40° / -0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.