The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 18, 1955
Waxing Crescent
7.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 AM
8:20 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.9%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 406
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 | 32.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.8° / 132.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 37m / -21.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 236.93° / -1.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.30° / 3.03° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.03° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.