The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 18, 1947
Waxing Crescent
17.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 AM
9:51 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 306
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 | 49.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 115.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 48m / -15.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 224.19° / 0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.38° / -0.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.12° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.