The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 18, 1918
Waxing Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:15 PM
4:54 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -53
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.6° / 8.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 56m / -7.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.49° / 4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.96° / -5.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.57° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.