The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 18, 1995
Waning Crescent
33.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 AM
3:52 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.5%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 899
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 | 289.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.9° / 256.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 02m / 17.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.75° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.03° / 7.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.84° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.