The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 18, 2077
Waxing Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:24 AM
8:31 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.4 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1914
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,600 km.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 15.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 36.0° / 131.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 50m / -1.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.85° / 3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.01° / -4.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 163.84° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.