The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 18, 2091
Waxing Crescent
42.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:02 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.1%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2088
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.0° / 97.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -18.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.31° / 3.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.31° / -4.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.66° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.