The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 19, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 PM
1:56 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1184
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Sep 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 119.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.7° / 69.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 52m / -20.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.14° / 0.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.15° / -0.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.18° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.