The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 18, 2001
Waxing Crescent
4.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:43 AM
8:18 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.8%
- Age
- 1.9 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 975
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 | 24.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.5° / 133.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 15m / -14.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.28° / 3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.85° / -3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.08° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.7° |
| 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.