The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 18, 1977
Waxing Crescent
40.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:47 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.3%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 678
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.4° / 97.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 58m / -17.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.82° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.59° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.11° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.