The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 18, 2181
Waxing Gibbous
83.4% 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
4:36 PM
3:33 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 376,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3201
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 131.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.7° / 41.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 31m / -4.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.72° / 4.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / -4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.38° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.