The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 18, 2152
Waning Gibbous
77.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 PM
12:46 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.5%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 390,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2842
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 | 236.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.6° / 298.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 27m / 26.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 82.48° / 2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.20° / -3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.99° / 0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.