The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 18, 2022
Waning Gibbous
55.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.3%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1232
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 275.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 09m / 17.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.76° / 0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.54° / 0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.57° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.