The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 18, 1960
Waning Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 AM
6:27 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 466
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.8° / 188.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 02m / 10.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.91° / -1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.32° / 2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.61° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.