The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 18, 2127
Waxing Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:14 PM
6:03 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2533
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 | 161.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.5° / 355.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 27m / 1.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.77° / -1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.46° / 1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.77° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 241.9° |
| 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.