The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 18, 2121
Waxing Crescent
24.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 AM
10:28 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.3%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2457
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 109.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -14.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.61° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.29° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.87° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.