The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 18, 1934
Waxing Gibbous
73.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:58 PM
1:31 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.8%
- Age
- 9.7 days
- Distance
- 366,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 145
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 | 118.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.7° / 73.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 42m / -22.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.31° / -1.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.38° / 2.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.76° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.