The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 18, 2048
Waxing Gibbous
68.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 PM
12:56 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 367,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1554
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.2° / 82.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 08m / -23.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.10° / -0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.95° / 1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.59° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.5° |
| 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.