The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 18, 2035
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 PM
9:14 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1395
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 314.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 58m / 11.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.59° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.85° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.57° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.