The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 18, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 PM
5:15 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 183
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 | 163.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.6° / 16.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 25m / 7.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.61° / 4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.79° / -5.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.55° / -1.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.