The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 18, 2057
Waning Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 PM
10:55 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 386,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1665
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 | 230.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.9° / 282.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 10m / 2.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.97° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.66° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.16° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.