The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 19, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 PM
1:03 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 8.3 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1183
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.2° / 80.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 44m / -18.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.94° / 4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.75° / -5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.59° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.