The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 18, 2087
Waning Gibbous
58.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.3%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 370,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2037
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 | 260.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 279.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 03m / 20.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.53° / -2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.93° / 3.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.58° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.