The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 18, 2167
Waxing Crescent
14.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 AM
10:43 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.6%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3026
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 | 44.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.4° / 104.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 46m / 0.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.33° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.71° / -5.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.12° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.