The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 18, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 PM
6:16 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 653
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 | 163.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.9° / 357.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 23m / 6.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 7.75° / 3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.45° / -4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 16.63° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.