The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 18, 2081
Waning Gibbous
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:43 PM
7:40 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1963
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 | 185.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.9° / 324.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 05m / 2.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 1.97° / 1.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.82° / -1.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -6.80° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.