The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 18, 2028
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 AM
6:48 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1309
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 | 7.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.5° / 152.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -17.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.44° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.25° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 175.95° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 323.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.