The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 18, 2097
Waxing Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 PM
4:56 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2162
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 | 150.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.2° / 12.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 51m / -4.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.11° / -3.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.33° / 4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.62° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.