The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 18, 2147
Waning Crescent
30.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 AM
4:02 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.1%
- Age
- 23.6 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2780
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.0° / 248.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 23m / 14.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.58° / -0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.72° / 1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.48° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.