The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 18, 2008
Waning Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 PM
11:04 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1060
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 | 222.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.0° / 304.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 19m / 19.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 38.95° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.91° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.79° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.