The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 18, 1915
Waxing Gibbous
76.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 PM
12:43 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.1%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 373,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -90
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 | 121.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.9° / 83.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 54m / -22.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.06° / -1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.11° / 2.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.06° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.