The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 18, 2038
Waning Gibbous
77.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 PM
11:57 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.4%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1431
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 | 236.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 290.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 25m / 15.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.70° / -3.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.76° / 5.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.78° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.