The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 18, 1903
Waning Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 AM
4:48 PM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -238
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 334.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.5° / 208.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 55m / -0.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.93° / -0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.35° / 1.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.45° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.