The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 18, 1997
Waning Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 PM
9:20 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 16.7 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 924
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 206.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 305.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 27m / 6.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.37° / -2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.29° / 4.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.38° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.