The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 18, 1938
Waning Crescent
24.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:33 AM
3:00 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.8%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 195
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 | 300.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.6° / 250.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 43m / 8.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.21° / -5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.14° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.91° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.