The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 18, 1969
First Quarter
53.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:28 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.7%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 579
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,000 km.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.0° / 92.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 09m / -24.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.20° / -4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.36° / 5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.46° / -0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.