The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 18, 2025
Waning Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 AM
5:29 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1271
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 | 328.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.3° / 196.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 37m / 1.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.86° / -0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.44° / 1.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.90° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.