The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 18, 2107
Waxing Crescent
6.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:09 AM
8:37 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.7%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 376,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2286
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 130.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 32m / -16.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.56° / 2.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.80° / -3.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.17° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.