The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 18, 2053
Waxing Crescent
25.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:50 AM
11:17 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.6%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1616
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 60.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.2° / 100.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 44m / -7.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 206.79° / 3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.85° / -4.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.30° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.