The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 18, 1928
Waxing Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 AM
8:44 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 72
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 127.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 17m / -24.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.25° / -1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.66° / 2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.46° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.