The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 18, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
86.5% 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
6:07 PM
3:09 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 281
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 | 136.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.7° / 44.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 02m / -20.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.23° / -2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.63° / 4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.35° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.