The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 18, 2129
Waxing Crescent
11.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:00 AM
10:25 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2556
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 | 39.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 107.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 25m / 1.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.27° / 3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.21° / -4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.53° / 0.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.