The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 18, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
69.5% 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
4:35 PM
12:57 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.5%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1084
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 | 112.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.7° / 83.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 09m / -24.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.42° / -2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.75° / 2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.19° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.