The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 18, 1936
Waxing Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 AM
7:27 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 171
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 | 35.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.0° / 142.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 52m / -22.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.68° / -2.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.60° / 3.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.11° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.