The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 18, 1981
Waning Gibbous
74.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 PM
12:17 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.0%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 726
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 | 241.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.4° / 287.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 43m / 15.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.00° / -4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.84° / 6.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.60° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.