The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 18, 1990
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:50 AM
6:27 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.0 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 839
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.1° of each other in the sky.
-
New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 0.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.5° / 159.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 26m / -14.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.20° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.20° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -176.44° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 15.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.