The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 18, 2182
Waning Gibbous
57.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.5%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3213
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 | 261.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.2° / 275.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 11m / 17.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.02° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.76° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.02° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.