The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 18, 2052
Waning Crescent
15.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 AM
4:49 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.2%
- Age
- 25.7 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1605
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 | 314.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.9° / 218.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 44m / 5.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.29° / -2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.18° / 3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.04° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.