The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 18, 1958
Waxing Crescent
40.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.4%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 379,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 443
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mercury, and Neptune gathered
All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.4° / 97.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 56m / -17.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.46° / 5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.39° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.90° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.