The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 18, 2023
Waxing Crescent
11.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:41 AM
9:14 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.9%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 394,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1246
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.2° / 121.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 12m / -14.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.69° / -0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.83° / 1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.12° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.