The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 22, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
87.3% 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
6:09 PM
3:12 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1183
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.0° / 45.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 16m / -20.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.76° / 1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.56° / -1.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.99° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.