The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 18, 2186
Waxing Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 AM
10:59 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 3.7 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3261
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 | 50.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 102.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -1.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.67° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.95° / -6.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.31° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.