The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 18, 2045
Waxing Gibbous
58.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:30 PM
12:32 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.5%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1519
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 | 99.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.5° / 85.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 32m / -20.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.28° / -1.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.70° / 2.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.44° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.3° |
| 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.