The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 18, 1901
Waxing Crescent
28.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 AM
9:43 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.3%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -263
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 64.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.8° / 118.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 49m / -18.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 239.24° / 1.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.60° / -1.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.35° / -1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.