The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 18, 2025
Waning Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 AM
5:36 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1269
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 | 302.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.7° / 260.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 52m / 28.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.20° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.02° / -6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.66° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.