The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 18, 1937
Waxing Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 PM
5:13 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 13.7 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 182
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 | 156.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.4° / 3.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 09m / -6.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.06° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.60° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.77° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.