The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 18, 1967
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:58 PM
7:52 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 554
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 4:25 AM, is deepest at 6:15 AM and ends at 8:04 AM. Totality lasts from 5:44 AM to 6:45 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.0° / 333.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 41m / 10.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.21° / -0.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.20° / 0.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.95° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.