The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 18, 1940
Waning Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:22 PM
8:44 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 402,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 220
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 326.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 18m / 14.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.96° / -3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.31° / 4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -29.42° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.