The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 18, 1976
Waning Crescent
31.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:34 AM
4:04 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.0%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 387,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 664
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 | 292.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.1° / 253.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 17m / 17.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 108.41° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.36° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.25° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.