The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 18, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
55.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:37 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.9%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 378,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 344
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 | 96.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.6° / 99.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 19m / -24.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.45° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.28° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.76° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.