The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 18, 1921
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 PM
8:19 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -15
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 | 200.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.4° / 331.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 55m / 14.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.53° / -2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.52° / 3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.64° / 0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.