The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 18, 2106
Waning Gibbous
63.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 PM
1:30 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.8%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2273
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 254.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.1° / 281.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 38m / 18.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.99° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.85° / 6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.98° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.