The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 18, 2019
Waning Gibbous
78.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:04 PM
12:17 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.8%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1197
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.3° / 295.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 17m / 21.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.88° / -1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.64° / 3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.75° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.