The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 18, 2079
Last Quarter
45.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:45 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.0%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1938
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,900 km.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.1° / 277.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 08m / 28.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.79° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.23° / -5.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.22° / 0.68° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.