The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 18, 2059
Waxing Gibbous
72.0% 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
4:56 PM
1:11 AM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.0%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1690
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 | 116.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.8° / 81.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 24m / -25.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.78° / -2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.03° / 3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.37° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.