The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 18, 2178
Waxing Crescent
32.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:54 PM
11:05 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.7%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3162
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 | 69.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 105.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 07m / -17.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.51° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.32° / 5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.67° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.