The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 18, 2014
Waning Crescent
38.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:53 AM
3:26 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.5%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1133
Events on this date
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Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.7° / 262.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 32m / 18.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.10° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.36° / 5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.21° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.