The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 18, 2080
Waxing Crescent
30.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 PM
10:29 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.8%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1952
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 | 67.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.4° / 113.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 15m / -28.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.41° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.96° / 7.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.90° / -0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.