The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 18, 2004
Waxing Crescent
18.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:40 AM
9:45 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.5%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 374,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1011
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 | 50.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.6° / 117.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 56m / -18.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.96° / -1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.48° / 2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 125.71° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.