The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 18, 2172
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 AM
7:18 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3090
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 | 13.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 145.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 25m / -15.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.12° / -1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.75° / 2.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.44° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.