The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 18, 2170
Waxing Gibbous
68.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 PM
1:26 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.3%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3065
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.7° / 75.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 24m / -20.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.87° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.67° / 7.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.77° / 0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.