The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 18, 2127
Waxing Gibbous
85.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 PM
3:08 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.9%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2531
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.4° / 46.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 48m / -17.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.36° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.40° / -6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.00° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.