The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 18, 1959
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 PM
8:45 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 454
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 | 199.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.9° / 311.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 53m / 4.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.01° / -0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.50° / 1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.78° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.