The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 18, 1922
Waning Crescent
9.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 AM
5:57 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.4%
- Age
- 26.8 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -4
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 324.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.0° / 205.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 23m / 11.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 139.40° / -3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.52° / 4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.98° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.