The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 22, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
94.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 PM
4:42 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.2%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1184
Events on this date
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -63.1° / 8.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 19m / -13.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.78° / -2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.27° / 3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.64° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.