The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 18, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 PM
5:02 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 987
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 | 151.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.9° / 9.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 55m / -5.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.42° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.72° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.43° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.