The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 18, 2144
Waning Gibbous
63.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:51 PM
1:31 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.0%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2743
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 | 255.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 279.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 45m / 17.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.72° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.43° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.59° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.