The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 18, 2091
Waxing Crescent
17.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 AM
10:49 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.3%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2086
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,100 km.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.0° / 104.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -2.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.91° / 3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.78° / -4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.93° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.