The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 18, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
81.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:12 PM
2:43 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.2%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1085
Events on this date
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Jupiter and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.7° / 55.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 24m / -17.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.19° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.63° / -2.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.77° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.