The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 18, 1914
Waning Crescent
2.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 AM
5:58 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.0%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 365,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -103
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 343.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.7° / 195.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 40m / 8.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 158.59° / -0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.45° / 0.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.16° / -0.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.