The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 18, 2119
Waxing Gibbous
94.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:27 PM
3:58 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.5%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 363,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2432
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,500 km.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.4° / 8.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -23.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.19° / -2.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.42° / 3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.39° / 0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.