The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 18, 1933
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 AM
5:13 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 133
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.5° / 184.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 00m / -10.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.85° / -3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.59° / 5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.73° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.