The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 18, 1947
Waxing Crescent
20.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 AM
8:34 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.2%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 307
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 | 53.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.7° / 129.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 06m / -25.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.72° / -2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.80° / 3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 130.85° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.