The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 18, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
66.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:06 PM
1:06 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.1%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1184
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 | 108.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.5° / 80.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 01m / -20.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.33° / 1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.69° / -1.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.36° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.