The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 18, 2015
Waxing Crescent
27.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:44 PM
10:56 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.9%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1148
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 | 63.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.9° / 107.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 54m / -18.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.47° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.95° / -6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.67° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.