The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 18, 2133
Waning Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:05 PM
9:10 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2605
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 | 210.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 290.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 53m / -5.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.17° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / 6.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.98° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.