The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Waxing Gibbous
82.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:00 PM
2:10 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.2%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1220
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.2° / 66.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -25.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.94° / -2.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.16° / 3.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.78° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.9° |
| 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.