The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 18, 2059
Waxing Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:50 PM
4:28 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1692
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 | 145.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.5° / 19.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 34m / -7.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.14° / -4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.87° / 6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 32.21° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.