The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 18, 2153
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:52 AM
7:24 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.0 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2855
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,600 km.
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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 | 13.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.3° / 144.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 26m / -15.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 219.10° / -0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.46° / 1.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.24° / 0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.