The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 18, 2012
Waxing Crescent
14.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:27 AM
9:21 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.0%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1111
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.5° / 122.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 32m / -20.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.59° / 1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.39° / -0.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 138.62° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.