The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 18, 1906
Waxing Crescent
1.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:20 AM
6:45 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.0%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -200
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 | 10.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 168.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.6° / 159.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 17m / -8.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.96° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.57° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.40° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.