The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 18, 1962
Waning Gibbous
67.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 PM
1:20 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.5%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 492
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 | 249.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.1° / 285.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 19m / 20.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.44° / -2.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.36° / 3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.51° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.