The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 18, 2013
Waxing Gibbous
91.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 PM
3:54 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.6%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1121
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.3° / 25.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -16.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.49° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.08° / -5.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.19° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.