The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 18, 2040
Waxing Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 PM
1:58 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 364,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1455
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 | 127.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.9° / 70.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 19m / -26.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 274.19° / -2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.74° / 4.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.97° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.