The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 18, 1965
Last Quarter
48.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.2%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 528
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.2° / 276.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 50m / 25.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.68° / 1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.55° / -1.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.82° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.