The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 18, 2054
Waning Gibbous
96.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:20 PM
9:25 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.0%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1630
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 | 202.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.8° / 313.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 08m / 12.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.98° / -5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.60° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.36° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.