The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 18, 1966
Waxing Crescent
24.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:03 PM
10:01 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.9%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 381,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 542
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 | 59.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.2° / 116.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 36m / -26.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.54° / -3.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.04° / 4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.54° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.