The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 18, 2081
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:54 PM
8:35 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1964
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 | 188.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.4° / 331.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 05m / 16.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.89° / 3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.26° / -4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.56° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 48.2° |
| 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.