The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 18, 1982
Waxing Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:15 AM
8:05 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 740
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
-
Saturn 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 | 19.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.1° / 136.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 54m / -12.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.84° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.54° / -4.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.89° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.