The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 18, 2053
Waxing Crescent
40.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:49 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.4%
- Age
- 6.8 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1618
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 | 78.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.8° / 97.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 01m / -18.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.48° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.65° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.06° / 1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.