The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 18, 2135
Waxing Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 PM
4:22 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2632
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 | 143.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.3° / 24.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 21m / -7.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 348.11° / -2.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.72° / 4.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.36° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.