The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 18, 2023
Waxing Crescent
4.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:43 AM
9:43 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.6%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1245
Events on this date
-
Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.8° / 114.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 29m / 6.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 170.13° / 3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.92° / -3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.60° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.