The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Waning Gibbous
65.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 PM
1:35 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.1%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1098
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 | 252.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.8° / 284.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 32m / 21.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.46° / -1.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.72° / 3.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.35° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.