The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 18, 1942
Waxing Gibbous
61.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 PM
12:43 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.1%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 244
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 102.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.4° / 83.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 33m / -18.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.82° / 4.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.91° / -5.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.38° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.