The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 18, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 PM
3:17 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 282
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 | 144.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.1° / 44.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / -8.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.41° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.28° / 7.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.13° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.