The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 21, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 PM
4:28 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 12.5 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1185
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.1° / 22.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 37m / -6.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.19° / -3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.94° / 5.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.12° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.