The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 18, 2126
Waxing Crescent
7.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:19 AM
8:49 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2521
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 | 32.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 128.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 43m / -15.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.22° / 3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.31° / -4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.37° / 0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.