The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 18, 2061
Waxing Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:11 PM
9:47 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 4.8 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1716
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.1° / 116.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 14m / -21.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.81° / -3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.88° / 4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 126.50° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.