The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 18, 2024
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:59 PM
7:46 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1258
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.3° / 320.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 16m / 1.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.18° / -0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.24° / 0.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -7.58° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.