The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 15, 2018
Waxing Crescent
37.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 PM
11:38 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.4%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1184
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 100.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 28m / -17.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.02° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.24° / -5.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.97° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.