The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 18, 1943
Waning Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 PM
12:48 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 257
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.6° / 288.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 50m / 19.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.70° / -3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.82° / 5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.72° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.