The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 18, 1983
Waxing Gibbous
88.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:21 PM
3:28 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.4%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 751
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,700 km.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -66.6° / 37.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 17m / -20.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.40° / -4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.28° / 5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.96° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.