The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 18, 2068
Waning Crescent
43.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:43 AM
2:53 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.5%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1803
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 | 277.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.3° / 262.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 20m / 14.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.76° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.20° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.73° / -0.70° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.