The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 18, 2041
Waning Crescent
33.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:18 AM
4:20 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.2%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1469
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 289.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.0° / 257.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 18m / 21.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 135.51° / 5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.80° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.57° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.