The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 18, 1958
Waxing Crescent
33.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:10 PM
11:24 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.9%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 442
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.5° / 103.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 20m / -17.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.33° / 3.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.68° / -4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.67° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.3° |
| 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.