The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 18, 2163
Waning Gibbous
78.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:49 PM
11:26 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2976
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 | 235.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.3° / 285.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 17m / 7.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.71° / -0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.12° / 0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.94° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.