The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 18, 2101
Waning Crescent
19.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:07 AM
4:36 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.5%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 387,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2211
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 | 307.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.9° / 228.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 17m / 9.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.83° / -1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.33° / 2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.71° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.