The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 18, 1935
Waning Gibbous
55.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:16 PM
1:27 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.3%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 158
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.3° / 286.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 20m / 22.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.40° / -0.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.38° / 0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.83° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.