The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 18, 2139
Waning Crescent
15.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:42 AM
4:43 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.7%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2681
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 | 313.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.5° / 219.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 36m / 5.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.37° / -2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.05° / 4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -129.12° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.