The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 18, 1992
Waning Gibbous
62.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:20 PM
1:48 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.5%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 382,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 862
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 | 255.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.6° / 285.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 40m / 23.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.60° / 1.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.29° / -1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -82.00° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.