The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 18, 1916
Waning Gibbous
55.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 PM
1:36 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.2%
- Age
- 21.0 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -78
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 | 264.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 291.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 14m / 26.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.64° / 3.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.90° / -3.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.49° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.