The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 18, 2048
Waxing Gibbous
89.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 PM
4:31 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.7%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1556
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 | 142.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.2° / 25.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 11m / 0.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.73° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.28° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.47° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.