The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 18, 1960
Waning Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:38 AM
6:03 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 467
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 | 337.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.9° / 182.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / 0.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 182.43° / 1.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.06° / -1.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.37° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.