The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 18, 2162
Waxing Gibbous
82.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 PM
3:27 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.2%
- Age
- 10.0 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2966
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.1° / 44.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 23m / -5.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.54° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.66° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.17° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.