The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 18, 2101
Waning Crescent
32.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:38 AM
4:34 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.6%
- Age
- 23.4 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2209
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.0° / 268.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 58m / 27.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.14° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.45° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -109.44° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.