The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 18, 2095
Waning Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 PM
10:03 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 362,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2135
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 220.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 286.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / -1.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.95° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.43° / 6.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.58° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.