The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 18, 2046
Waning Gibbous
89.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:46 PM
10:32 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.8%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1530
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 | 216.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 307.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 55m / 17.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.87° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.07° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.18° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 63.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.