The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 18, 2083
Waxing Gibbous
56.6% 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
3:18 PM
12:19 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.6%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1989
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 | 97.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.4° / 86.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 21m / -19.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 302.96° / -0.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.20° / 0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.04° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.