The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 18, 1970
Waning Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 PM
12:20 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 591
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 | 229.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.5° / 303.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 52m / 27.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.81° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.21° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.91° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.2° |
| 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.