The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 18, 1974
Waxing Crescent
11.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:12 AM
8:55 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.7%
- Age
- 3.1 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 641
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 39.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.7° / 126.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 11m / -21.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.79° / -0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.97° / 1.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.22° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.