The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 18, 2121
Waxing Crescent
41.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.8%
- Age
- 7.0 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2459
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 | 80.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 100.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 08m / -22.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.74° / -0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.11° / 0.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 92.62° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.