The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 18, 2051
Waxing Gibbous
95.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:24 PM
5:05 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.5%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1592
Events on this date
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Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -57.3° / 4.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 08m / -7.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.39° / 4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.98° / -4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.38° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.