The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 18, 1952
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 AM
7:09 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 367
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.7° / 157.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 14m / 2.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 168.55° / -2.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.10° / 3.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.28° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.