The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 18, 1998
Waning Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 AM
6:18 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 937
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 | 340.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.8° / 175.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 27m / 0.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.95° / 2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.27° / -3.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.77° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.