The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 18, 1979
Waning Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 AM
5:55 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 702
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.8° / 188.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 54m / 2.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.64° / 1.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.93° / -1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.96° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.