The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 18, 2080
Waxing Crescent
15.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:39 AM
10:14 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.0%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1950
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 | 45.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.5° / 110.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 44m / -5.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.18° / -0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.64° / 1.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.15° / 0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 293.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.