The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 18, 2069
Waxing Crescent
10.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 AM
9:00 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.6%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1816
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 | 37.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.1° / 125.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 09m / -18.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.68° / 2.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.06° / -2.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.39° / -0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.