The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 18, 1920
Waxing Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
11:48 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -27
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.2° / 100.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 43m / -18.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.25° / 4.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.32° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.31° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.