The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 18, 1934
Waxing Gibbous
81.0% 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
3:35 PM
2:04 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.0%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 146
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.8° / 63.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 16m / -8.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.89° / 2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.16° / -2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.53° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.