The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 12, 1918
Waxing Crescent
40.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 PM
11:34 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.7%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -53
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 79.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 102.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 25m / -22.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.16° / -0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.27° / 1.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.69° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.