The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 18, 1903
Waning Crescent
8.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:11 AM
4:58 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.7%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 362,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -239
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 362,800 km.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.0° / 226.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 27m / 11.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.56° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.12° / 5.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -145.68° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.