The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 18, 2130
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:17 PM
5:39 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2568
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 | 170.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.2° / 325.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 15m / -17.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.93° / -1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.00° / 2.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.99° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.