The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 18, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
79.6% 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
3:27 PM
1:54 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 365,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 381
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 | 126.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.5° / 65.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 09m / -8.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.26° / 2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.65° / -2.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.73° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.