The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 18, 2075
Waxing Gibbous
61.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 PM
12:31 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.8%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1889
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.6° / 86.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 41m / -22.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.35° / 0.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.65° / 0.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.17° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.