The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 18, 2195
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:17 PM
4:27 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 12.7 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3372
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Aug 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -70.2° / 1.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 14m / -19.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.25° / -0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.76° / 0.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.37° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.