The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 18, 1986
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:11 PM
8:33 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 395,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 789
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 | 189.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 328.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 09m / 14.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.89° / 1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.58° / -1.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.73° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.