The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 24, 2018
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:37 PM
6:40 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 395,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1184
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Sep 24, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.0° / 330.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 53m / -5.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.32° / -4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.40° / 5.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.30° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 208.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.