The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 18, 2023
Waxing Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 AM
8:59 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 384,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1247
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 | 46.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 125.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 36m / -25.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.12° / -3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.78° / 5.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.34° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.