The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 18, 2032
Waxing Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 PM
6:17 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 13.8 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1357
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,000 km.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.4° / 343.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 03m / -2.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 345.94° / 3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.37° / -4.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.00° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.