The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 18, 2115
Waning Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 AM
8:06 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2382
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,400 km.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 341.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 72.0° / 158.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 42m / 23.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.79° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.84° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.82° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.