The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 18, 2189
Waxing Gibbous
71.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 PM
1:44 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.4%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 383,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3300
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 115.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.9° / 70.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 41m / -19.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.14° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.75° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.98° / 0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.