The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 18, 1908
Waning Crescent
35.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 AM
3:04 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.5%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -176
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 | 287.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.5° / 269.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 02m / 20.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.98° / 3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.52° / -3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -103.84° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.