The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 18, 2017
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 AM
6:36 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 389,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1172
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.5° / 167.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 51m / -1.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.12° / 3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.32° / -4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.58° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.