The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 18, 2011
Waning Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 PM
11:30 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1096
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.3° / 290.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 06m / 11.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.84° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.61° / -5.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.18° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.