The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 18, 2152
Waning Gibbous
89.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:17 PM
9:49 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2840
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 | 217.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 288.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 19m / -2.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.65° / -3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.16° / 5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.77° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.0° |
| 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.