The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 18, 2197
Waxing Gibbous
56.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 PM
12:37 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.9%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3399
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 82.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 21m / -15.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.72° / 3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.00° / -4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.59° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.