The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 18, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:13 PM
3:45 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 399,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1826
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 | 143.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.1° / 32.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 21m / -16.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 289.35° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.54° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.99° / -1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.