The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 18, 2103
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:37 PM
7:28 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 357,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2234
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 188.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.7° / 312.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 18m / -6.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 334.04° / 4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.55° / -4.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.79° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 45.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.