The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 18, 1936
Waxing Crescent
7.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 AM
8:37 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.9%
- Age
- 2.9 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 170
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 32.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 128.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 37m / -14.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.76° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.48° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.36° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 298.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.