The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 18, 1956
Waxing Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 PM
5:49 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 417
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 | 163.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.7° / 353.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 34m / -3.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.87° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.03° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.99° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.