The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 18, 2015
Waxing Crescent
14.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:29 AM
10:23 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.2%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1146
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 | 44.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.6° / 108.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 37m / -3.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.62° / 0.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.96° / -0.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.92° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.