The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 18, 2019
Waning Gibbous
91.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 PM
9:30 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.2%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1195
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 288.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 07m / -4.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.73° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.16° / 6.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.59° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.