The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 18, 1912
Waxing Gibbous
56.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:40 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.0%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -126
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.0° / 100.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 21m / -24.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.73° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.70° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 85.15° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.