The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 18, 1975
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 PM
5:33 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 652
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 | 160.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.3° / 357.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 21m / -4.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.20° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.34° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.39° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.