The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 18, 1954
Waning Gibbous
59.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 PM
2:13 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.1%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 392
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 | 259.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.6° / 284.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 53m / 24.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.86° / 2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.38° / -2.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.40° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.