The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 18, 2001
Waxing Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 AM
8:45 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 974
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
27° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.0° / 128.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 56m / -0.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.17° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.00° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.84° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.