The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 18, 2157
Waxing Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 PM
4:08 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2902
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 | 153.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -71.9° / 6.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 08m / -21.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.52° / -1.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.67° / 2.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.78° / -0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.