The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 18, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 PM
1:27 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 480
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 | 109.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.7° / 73.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 06m / -15.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.36° / 0.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.30° / -0.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.83° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.