The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 18, 1917
Waxing Crescent
4.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 AM
7:16 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.9%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -65
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 25.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 154.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.8° / 147.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 08m / -12.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.36° / -4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.47° / 6.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.67° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 303.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.