The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 18, 2024
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:11 PM
5:00 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1257
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -69.9° / 331.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 59m / -21.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 311.01° / -4.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.50° / 5.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.80° / 1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.