The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 18, 2088
Waxing Crescent
13.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 AM
9:37 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.8%
- Age
- 3.6 days
- Distance
- 393,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2050
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 43.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.0° / 118.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 33m / -13.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.25° / 1.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.76° / -1.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.36° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.