The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 18, 2068
Waning Gibbous
64.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 PM
1:04 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.9%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1801
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 | 252.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.5° / 281.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 26m / 16.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.32° / 1.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.20° / -1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.56° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.