The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 18, 2030
Waning Gibbous
72.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 PM
12:18 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.3%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 397,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1331
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 | 243.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.7° / 286.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 44m / 14.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.41° / 3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.77° / -4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.96° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.