The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 18, 2108
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 PM
6:25 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2298
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.2° / 350.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 43m / 3.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.32° / -0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.01° / 1.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 14.40° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.