The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 18, 1944
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:06 AM
8:32 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 269
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.3° / 131.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 37m / 1.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.01° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.95° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.04° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.