The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 18, 2039
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:12 AM
8:11 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1442
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.6° / 149.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 00m / 21.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.38° / 3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.15° / -4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.06° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 121.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.