The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 18, 1929
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 PM
6:45 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 84
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.6° / 350.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 44m / 9.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.43° / -1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.74° / 2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.04° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.