The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 18, 2115
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:32 AM
7:23 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 384,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2385
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 | 10.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.0° / 145.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 13m / -12.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.23° / 0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.98° / -0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.86° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.