The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 18, 2169
Waning Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 AM
5:27 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3050
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 | 304.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.2° / 250.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 04m / 23.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.99° / 0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.80° / -0.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.11° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.