The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 18, 2157
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 PM
8:08 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 356,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2904
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,600 km.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 184.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.0° / 335.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 44m / 15.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.89° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.33° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.41° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 20.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.