The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 18, 2047
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:55 AM
6:43 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1542
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 344.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 52.7° / 169.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 42m / 3.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 160.67° / -4.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.67° / 6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.86° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.