The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 18, 1928
Waxing Crescent
19.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 AM
10:01 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.7%
- Age
- 4.6 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 71
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 | 52.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 114.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 04m / -15.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.97° / 1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.16° / -1.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.71° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.