The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 18, 1952
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 AM
5:20 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 368
Events on this date
-
Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 357.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.4° / 180.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 16m / -12.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.47° / -4.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.11° / 6.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.46° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 48.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.