The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 18, 2040
Waxing Gibbous
93.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 PM
4:24 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.9%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1456
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,900 km.
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Mars, Mercury, and Venus gathered
All within 5.1° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 151.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.0° / 7.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 08m / -16.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.04° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.26° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.60° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.