The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 23, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:08 PM
5:41 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1184
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 163.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.9° / 346.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 06m / -9.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.95° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.45° / 4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.47° / 1.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 235.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.