The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 21, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
80.4% 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
5:22 PM
2:25 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1183
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 127.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.8° / 62.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 25m / -20.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.94° / 2.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.10° / -3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.19° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.