The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 18, 2072
Waxing Crescent
44.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.6%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 386,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1852
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 | 83.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.5° / 95.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 19m / -17.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.18° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.53° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.04° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.