The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 18, 1984
Last Quarter
47.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:20 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.3%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 763
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.6° / 276.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 56m / 25.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.14° / 2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.28° / -2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.63° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.