The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 18, 1941
Waning Crescent
5.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 AM
4:51 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 232
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.5° / 209.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 57m / 0.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.85° / 0.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.16° / -0.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -159.05° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.