The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 15, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
70.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 PM
1:27 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.7%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 380,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -53
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 114.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.3° / 74.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 09m / -20.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.28° / 2.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.08° / -2.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.10° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.