The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 18, 2045
Waxing Gibbous
56.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.1%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1518
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 | 96.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.6° / 95.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 14m / -27.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.01° / -3.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.91° / 5.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.20° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.