The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 18, 1992
Waning Gibbous
55.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:17 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.8%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 863
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 263.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.7° / 276.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 21m / 19.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.98° / -2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.15° / 3.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.73° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.