The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 18, 2183
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 AM
8:34 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3224
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 4.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.1° / 133.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 08m / 9.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.61° / -1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.87° / 2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 177.49° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 313.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.