The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 18, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
69.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:58 PM
1:43 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.0%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 245
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 | 112.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.8° / 69.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 15m / -14.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 316.80° / 1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.32° / -1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.64° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.