The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 17, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
56.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 PM
12:20 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.8%
- Age
- 7.9 days
- Distance
- 401,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1184
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 17, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 97.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 88.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -20.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.44° / 2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.11° / -3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 86.56° / 1.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.