The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 18, 1900
Waning Crescent
22.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 AM
3:45 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.7%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -276
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 303.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.7° / 255.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 00m / 16.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 118.64° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.91° / 5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.76° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.