The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 18, 2054
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:39 PM
6:54 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1628
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 3:31 AM, is deepest at 5:24 AM and ends at 7:18 AM. Totality lasts from 4:42 AM to 6:06 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.5° / 312.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 04m / -11.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.95° / -0.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.64° / 0.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.19° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.