The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 23, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
92.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 PM
4:03 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.9%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1183
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Aug 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.9° / 19.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -19.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.55° / 0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.99° / -0.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.80° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.