The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 18, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
98.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:03 PM
6:37 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.7%
- Age
- 14.5 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 418
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 | 167.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.7° / 352.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 40m / 8.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.48° / 3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.75° / -4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 8.27° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.