The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 18, 2058
Waxing Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:46 AM
8:19 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 397,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1679
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 8.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.4° / 135.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / 2.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.39° / 4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.31° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.66° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.