The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 18, 1980
Waxing Gibbous
66.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 PM
1:23 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.1%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 715
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 | 108.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.7° / 74.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 06m / -16.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.04° / 0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.82° / 0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.03° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| 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.