The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 18, 2070
Waxing Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:35 PM
5:26 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1827
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 | 159.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.6° / 358.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 24m / -6.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.49° / 3.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.11° / -4.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.58° / -0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.