The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 18, 1978
Waning Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 PM
10:03 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 388,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 690
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 | 209.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.0° / 309.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 33m / 14.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.59° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.50° / 6.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.33° / 0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.