The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 18, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 PM
4:16 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 752
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 | 142.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.8° / 24.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 23m / -9.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 347.65° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.79° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.21° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.