The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 18, 2065
Waning Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:13 PM
12:03 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 405,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1766
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 | 227.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 303.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 48m / 25.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.77° / 3.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.54° / -3.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.71° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.