The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 18, 2108
Waxing Gibbous
91.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 PM
4:02 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 393,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2296
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -65.3° / 23.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 36m / -16.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.90° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.79° / -5.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.61° / -0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.