The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 18, 1971
Waning Crescent
0.9% 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
6:19 AM
7:01 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 602
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 | 349.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.7° / 161.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 00m / 3.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.74° / -2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.03° / 3.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.87° / -1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.7° |
| 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.