The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 18, 2074
Waning Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 AM
6:12 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 368,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1877
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.1° / 183.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / 3.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.04° / 4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.29° / -5.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.78° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.