The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 18, 1930
Waning Crescent
20.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:04 AM
5:45 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.4%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 95
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 | 306.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 126.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.2° / 246.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 21m / 24.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.64° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.07° / -6.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.31° / 0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.