The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 18, 2187
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 PM
8:41 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 3275
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.1° / 320.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 31m / 10.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.69° / -4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.57° / 5.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.43° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.