The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 18, 1957
Waning Crescent
34.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 AM
3:53 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.0%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 373,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 429
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 | 288.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.8° / 257.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 00m / 18.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.35° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.32° / 6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -115.46° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.