The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 18, 2020
Waxing Crescent
5.3% 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
9:52 AM
8:19 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.3%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1210
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 | 26.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.9° / 132.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 21m / -15.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.09° / 2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.48° / -2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.27° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.