The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 20, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
72.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:31 PM
1:42 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1183
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.0° / 73.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 35m / -19.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.02° / 3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.52° / -4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.39° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.