The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 20, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
82.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:30 PM
2:49 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.4%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1184
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.2° / 54.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 42m / -18.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 307.94° / -0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.59° / 0.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.99° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.