The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 18, 2071
Waning Crescent
24.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 AM
4:14 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.3%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1840
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 301.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.3° / 237.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 51m / 10.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.49° / -2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.17° / 4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.66° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.