The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 18, 1949
Waning Crescent
14.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 AM
4:16 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.5%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 331
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.2° / 237.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 52m / 10.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.40° / 3.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.23° / -3.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.39° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.