The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 18, 2089
Waxing Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 PM
4:26 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2061
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 | 151.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.5° / 12.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 57m / -15.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.17° / 4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.99° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.20° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.1° |
| 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.