The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 18, 1939
Waxing Crescent
32.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:01 PM
11:12 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.2%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 207
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 | 69.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.9° / 104.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 10m / -18.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.84° / 2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.35° / -3.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.46° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.