The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 18, 2086
Waxing Gibbous
60.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:35 PM
12:27 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.7%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2024
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 | 102.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.5° / 87.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 27m / -21.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.43° / -0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.79° / 0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.18° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.