The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Waxing Crescent
40.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 PM
11:06 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.1%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 401,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1048
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 | 78.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.1° / 107.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 47m / -27.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.80° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.84° / 7.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.80° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.