The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 18, 2080
Waxing Crescent
28.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 PM
10:12 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.1%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1951
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 | 63.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.0° / 114.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 49m / -24.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 240.47° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.36° / 6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.68° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.