The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 18, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
79.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 PM
2:46 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.0%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1655
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 | 125.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.5° / 54.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 19m / -14.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.36° / -3.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.61° / 5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.05° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.