The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 18, 2073
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 PM
7:32 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1863
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 | 190.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.7° / 304.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 37m / -10.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.89° / -1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.97° / 2.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.96° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.