The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 18, 2084
Waning Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 PM
9:53 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1999
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 | 215.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.2° / 298.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 01m / 5.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 2.49° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.51° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.36° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.