The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 18, 2037
Waxing Gibbous
56.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:00 PM
12:36 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.9%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1418
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 | 97.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.7° / 85.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 11m / -16.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.90° / 4.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.81° / -5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.02° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.