The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 18, 1973
Waning Gibbous
61.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 PM
1:57 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.5%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 627
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 | 256.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.9° / 285.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 43m / 24.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.39° / 1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.31° / -1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.20° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.