The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 18, 2005
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 PM
7:45 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1023
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 | 188.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.8° / 319.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 16m / 0.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 3.85° / -0.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.65° / 1.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.79° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.8° |
| 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.