The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 18, 1927
Waning Crescent
44.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:26 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.5%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 58
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 | 276.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.3° / 272.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 05m / 24.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.21° / 0.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.46° / -0.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.21° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.