The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 18, 2198
Waning Gibbous
96.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:01 PM
8:37 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.5%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3409
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 | 201.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 305.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 06m / -0.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.35° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -15.57° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 55.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.