The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 18, 2148
Waxing Crescent
29.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 PM
10:56 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.6%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 393,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2793
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 65.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.1° / 107.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 06m / -20.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.52° / 2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.86° / -3.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.44° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.