The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 18, 2057
Waning Gibbous
68.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 PM
1:29 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.6%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1667
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.2° / 289.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 18m / 24.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.05° / 0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.87° / -0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.31° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.