The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 18, 1986
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:01 PM
7:31 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 788
Events on this date
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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 | 185.35° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.5° / 320.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 06m / -1.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.80° / -1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.88° / 2.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.02° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.