The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 18, 1908
Waning Crescent
37.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:58 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.7%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 398,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -177
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 | 284.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.3° / 276.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 42m / 23.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.70° / 0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.44° / -0.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.12° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.