The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 18, 2036
Waning Crescent
13.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:06 AM
6:01 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.6%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1405
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.8° / 227.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 56m / 19.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 103.20° / -2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.48° / 4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.14° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.