The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 18, 2159
Waxing Crescent
43.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:18 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.4%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2929
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 82.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 97.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 15m / -21.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.35° / 1.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.18° / -1.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.19° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.