The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 18, 2105
Waxing Gibbous
58.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:21 PM
12:23 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.8%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2259
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,100 km.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.2° / 88.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 15m / -20.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.59° / 0.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.34° / -0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.59° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.