The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 18, 1996
Waxing Crescent
30.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 PM
11:11 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.7%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 912
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 | 67.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.7° / 104.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 08m / -16.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.06° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.01° / -5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.04° / -0.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.0° |
| 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.