The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 18, 2055
Waning Crescent
5.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:17 AM
6:09 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.0%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1642
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 | 334.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.1° / 184.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 06m / 3.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.79° / 4.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.35° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.97° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.