The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 18, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
80.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 PM
3:07 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.4%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 616
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 | 127.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.7° / 48.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 14m / -7.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.71° / 3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.02° / -3.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.43° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.1° |
| 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.