The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 18, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
83.0% 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
4:32 PM
3:33 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.0%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1086
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.5° / 42.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 26m / -5.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 336.48° / 4.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.49° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.03° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.