The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 18, 2000
Waning Gibbous
68.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 PM
1:20 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.7%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 962
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 | 248.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.8° / 287.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 16m / 22.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.75° / -1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.77° / 2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.12° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.