The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 18, 1979
Waning Crescent
6.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 AM
6:22 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.6%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 701
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 330.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.9° / 193.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 49m / 11.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 145.46° / -1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.17° / 1.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.19° / 0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.