The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 18, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
73.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 PM
1:33 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.5%
- Age
- 10.3 days
- Distance
- 373,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 380
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 | 117.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.9° / 73.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 41m / -22.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 293.32° / -0.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.58° / 1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.96° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.