The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 18, 1971
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 AM
6:10 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 406,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 603
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.3° / 166.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 57m / -11.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.37° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.44° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.63° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.