The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 18, 2008
Waning Gibbous
80.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 PM
12:30 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.5%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1061
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 | 232.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.0° / 301.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 07m / 27.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.10° / 4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.10° / -4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.52° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.