The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 18, 1907
Waxing Gibbous
91.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 PM
3:27 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.4%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -188
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 146.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.2° / 42.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 31m / -7.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 350.21° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.87° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.73° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.