The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 18, 1909
Waxing Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:50 AM
8:20 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 4.4 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -163
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.6° / 131.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 44m / -22.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.64° / -0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.05° / 1.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.26° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.