The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 18, 1951
Waning Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 PM
10:41 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 399,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 356
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 | 223.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 318.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 19m / 26.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.51° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.65° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.63° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.