The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 18, 2067
Waxing Gibbous
56.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:16 PM
12:05 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.8%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1789
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.8° / 91.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 05m / -22.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.47° / -1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.45° / 1.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.99° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.