The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 18, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
67.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:05 PM
1:34 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.8%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1185
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 110.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.1° / 73.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 15m / -17.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.94° / -1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.23° / 2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.62° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.