The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 18, 2082
Waning Crescent
18.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 AM
5:34 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.2%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1975
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 309.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 59.9° / 237.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 35m / 20.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.83° / 1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.99° / -2.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.32° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.