The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 18, 2066
New Moon
0.4% 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
7:20 AM
6:15 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 376,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1778
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.6° 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 | 354.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.6° / 164.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -12.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.38° / -4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.18° / 6.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -179.43° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.8° |
| 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.