The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 18, 1919
Waning Crescent
30.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 AM
4:10 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.8%
- Age
- 24.0 days
- Distance
- 376,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -41
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 45.1° / 254.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 14m / 18.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.46° / -3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.23° / 5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.85° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.