The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 18, 2069
Waxing Crescent
3.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:34 AM
9:02 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.3%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1814
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 20.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.4° / 124.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 06m / 1.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.87° / -3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.00° / 5.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.64° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 303.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.