The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 18, 2057
Waning Gibbous
70.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 PM
12:49 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.3%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1666
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 | 246.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.8° / 286.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 03m / 18.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.40° / -2.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.73° / 3.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.56° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.