The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 18, 1924
Waning Gibbous
72.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:57 PM
12:23 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.8%
- Age
- 19.3 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 21
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 | 242.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.5° / 285.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 49m / 14.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.30° / -5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.57° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.38° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.