The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 18, 2111
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 PM
5:41 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2333
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,000 km.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 170.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.7° / 326.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 14m / -16.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.79° / -0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.06° / 1.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.78° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.2° |
| 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.