The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 18, 2188
Waning Crescent
19.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:12 AM
5:46 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.0%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 384,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3285
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 | 308.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.8° / 247.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 22m / 24.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 95.01° / 1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.95° / -1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.93° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.0° |
| 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.