The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 18, 1976
Waning Crescent
26.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:24 AM
3:54 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.7%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 665
Events on this date
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Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 298.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.1° / 240.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 36m / 9.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 143.42° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.35° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.01° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.