The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 18, 2087
Last Quarter
50.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:25 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.8%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 377,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2038
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.8° / 269.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 43m / 16.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.75° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.07° / 6.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.35° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.