The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 18, 2182
Waning Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 PM
11:51 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3211
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 | 240.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.7° / 282.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 40m / 8.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.31° / -1.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.44° / 2.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.76° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.