The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 18, 2017
Waning Crescent
12.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:15 AM
6:05 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.7%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 366,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1170
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,100 km.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 318.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 63.2° / 223.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 01m / 19.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.37° / -3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.92° / 4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.34° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.7° |
| 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.