The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 18, 2062
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% 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
8:00 PM
4:59 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1727
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 | 163.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.1° / 336.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 52m / -21.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 309.47° / -3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.21° / 4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.39° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.