The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 18, 2072
Waxing Crescent
28.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 PM
11:30 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.1%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1851
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 | 63.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.4° / 99.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -7.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.42° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.32° / -4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.50° / -0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.