The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 18, 1901
Waxing Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 PM
10:04 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -262
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.5° / 115.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 06m / -19.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.50° / 3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.79° / -4.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.61° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.