The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 18, 1919
Waning Crescent
24.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:36 AM
4:01 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.9%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -40
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 | 300.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.1° / 237.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 41m / 8.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.61° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.40° / 7.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.59° / -0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.