The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 18, 2054
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:41 PM
8:35 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 16.6 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1629
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 | 197.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.2° / 309.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 56m / 1.96° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.68° / -3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.66° / 5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.60° / 0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| 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.