The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 18, 2030
Waning Gibbous
59.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:57 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1333
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 | 259.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 278.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 03m / 19.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.83° / -3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.50° / 4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.13° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.