The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 18, 1989
Waning Gibbous
79.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 PM
12:36 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.8%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 368,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 826
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 | 233.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 301.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 09m / 27.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.71° / 4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.91° / -5.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -46.71° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.