The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 18, 1938
Waning Crescent
32.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 AM
4:00 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.8%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 368,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 194
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 | 290.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.0° / 256.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 05m / 18.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.33° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.13° / 5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.65° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.