The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 18, 2134
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 AM
7:27 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2620
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.0° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.0° / 144.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 25m / -14.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 218.64° / -0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.21° / 0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.04° / 0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.