The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 18, 2187
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 PM
6:03 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3273
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.1° / 315.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 37m / -17.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.69° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.28° / 4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.79° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 216.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.