The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 18, 1955
Waxing Crescent
6.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 AM
8:32 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.5%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 405
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
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Mercury, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 29.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.4° / 130.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -13.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 204.05° / -4.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.77° / 5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.78° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.