The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 18, 1924
Waning Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 PM
11:55 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 22
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.9° / 296.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 03m / 19.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.59° / -3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.76° / 5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.62° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.