The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 18, 1967
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:52 PM
7:00 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.2 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 553
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 179.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.8° / 324.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 45m / -4.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.59° / -2.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.97° / 4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.81° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 172.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.