The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 18, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
73.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
1:14 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.0%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -225
Events on this date
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Jupiter at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 117.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.7° / 75.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 35m / -11.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.20° / 2.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.43° / -2.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.54° / 0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.