The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 18, 2086
Waxing Gibbous
74.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 PM
2:01 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.9%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 375,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2025
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 | 119.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -50.6° / 66.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 49m / -17.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.05° / 3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.00° / -4.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.77° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.