The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 18, 2047
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 AM
6:11 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1543
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
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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 | 353.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.4° / 166.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -11.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.43° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.96° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.64° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.