The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 15, 2018
Waxing Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 AM
11:22 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1183
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 99.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -3.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.47° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.18° / -6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 129.48° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.