The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 18, 1949
Waning Crescent
19.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 AM
5:46 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.8%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 330
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.5° / 244.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 26m / 24.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.84° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.03° / -6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.12° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.