The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 18, 1930
Waning Crescent
13.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 AM
4:22 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.7%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 96
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.1° / 235.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 56m / 10.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 161.29° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.13° / -3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.59° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.