The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 18, 2132
First Quarter
49.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 PM
12:01 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.1%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2593
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 2.9° of each other in the sky.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.3° / 91.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 33m / -16.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.91° / 2.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.19° / -2.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.41° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.