The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 18, 1920
Waxing Crescent
35.7% 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
1:22 PM
11:25 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.7%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 400,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -28
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 73.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.7° / 103.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 29m / -19.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.58° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.07° / -3.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.06° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.