The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 17, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
88.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
3:42 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.2%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 368,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -53
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 139.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.9° / 34.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 01m / -12.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.94° / 4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.15° / -4.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.74° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.