The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 18, 2089
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 PM
6:01 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2062
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 166.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.3° / 346.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 52m / -4.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.57° / 2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.33° / -2.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.79° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.