The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 18, 1926
Waxing Gibbous
90.8% 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
4:51 PM
3:19 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 361,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 47
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.1° / 43.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / -8.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.43° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.08° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.93° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.