The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 18, 2165
Waxing Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 PM
6:18 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 360,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3003
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,000 km.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 165.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.8° / 349.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 46m / 2.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.49° / -2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.66° / 4.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.17° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 234.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.