The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 18, 2016
Waning Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:06 PM
10:29 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 360,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1160
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 | 215.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.9° / 305.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 00m / 15.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.94° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.45° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.92° / 1.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.