The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 18, 2078
Waxing Gibbous
87.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:23 PM
3:18 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.9%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 378,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1926
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 | 139.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.2° / 39.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 19m / -21.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.61° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.20° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.17° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.