The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 18, 2089
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 PM
6:45 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2063
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 | 169.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.8° / 346.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 59m / 5.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 15.71° / -0.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.66° / 1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 6.02° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.3° |
| 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.