The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 16, 2018
First Quarter
49.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.3%
- Age
- 7.5 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1185
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 93.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 36m / -20.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.32° / 0.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.79° / -0.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.97° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.