The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 18, 1994
Waxing Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:17 PM
6:55 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 888
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 | 170.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.0° / 347.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 54m / 8.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.73° / 2.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.26° / -2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.86° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.7° |
| 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.