The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 18, 1996
Waxing Crescent
37.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:35 PM
11:56 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.8%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 913
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.2° / 99.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 47m / -17.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.28° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.14° / -6.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.28° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.