The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 22, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:07 PM
5:28 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1185
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.5° / 3.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 25m / -2.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.76° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.68° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.97° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 235.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.