The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 18, 1902
Waning Gibbous
97.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 PM
8:13 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.1%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -250
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 199.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.8° / 332.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 48m / 14.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.84° / -1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.00° / 2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.83° / -0.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.