The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 18, 1948
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:09 PM
7:12 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 396,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 319
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 | 186.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.4° / 346.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 00m / 11.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.11° / -0.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.32° / 1.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.84° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.