The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Waning Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 PM
9:02 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1024
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 | 195.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 325.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 29m / 17.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.40° / 2.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / -2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -9.53° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.5° |
| 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.