The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 18, 1915
Waxing Gibbous
81.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 PM
2:10 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.7%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -89
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.8° / 62.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 19m / -8.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.51° / 1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.97° / -1.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.33° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.