The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 18, 2004
Waxing Crescent
25.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
10:01 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.3%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1012
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 | 60.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.3° / 117.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 41m / -27.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.75° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.89° / 6.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.95° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.