The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 18, 2016
Waning Gibbous
95.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 PM
9:15 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1159
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,900 km.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 205.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.0° / 305.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 26m / 5.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.97° / -3.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.29° / 4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.18° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.