The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 18, 2098
Waning Gibbous
64.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 PM
1:09 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.2%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 389,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2172
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 253.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.5° / 281.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 27m / 16.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 39.92° / 2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.04° / -2.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.58° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.