The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 18, 1900
Waning Crescent
20.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 AM
3:16 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.0%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- -275
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 | 307.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.5° / 243.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 09m / 5.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.06° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.28° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.50° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.