The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 17, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
58.7% 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
3:28 PM
12:39 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1185
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,200 km.
Exact values
For Oct 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 99.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.0° / 84.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 26m / -19.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.13° / -0.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.29° / 0.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 80.79° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.