The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 18, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:49 PM
6:09 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -52
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 | 162.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.4° / 358.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 18m / 7.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.83° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.02° / -5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.85° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.