The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 18, 2197
Waxing Crescent
32.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:49 PM
11:06 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.0%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3397
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 | 68.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.8° / 104.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 06m / -16.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.11° / -3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.73° / 5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.86° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.