The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 18, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
98.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 PM
6:20 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.3%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 371,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1828
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 | 165.12° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.4° / 352.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / 4.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.75° / 0.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.34° / -0.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 9.82° / 0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.