The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 18, 1927
Waning Crescent
38.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.9%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 59
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 283.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.2° / 273.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 43m / 22.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.37° / 3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.84° / -4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.46° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.