The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 18, 2063
Waning Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 AM
5:34 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1740
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.8° / 240.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 27m / 21.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.83° / 2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.81° / -2.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.53° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.4° |
| 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.