The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 18, 1963
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:48 AM
8:25 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 399,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 504
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.3° / 133.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / 2.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.12° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.12° / -6.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.45° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.