The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 18, 2013
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 PM
7:21 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1123
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 5:50 PM, is deepest at 7:50 PM and ends at 9:50 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.7° / 340.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 18m / 9.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.58° / 1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.81° / -1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.08° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.