The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 18, 2009
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:18 AM
6:41 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1074
Events on this date
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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 | 5.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 154.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -16.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.92° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.84° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 179.75° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 333.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.