The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 18, 2096
Waxing Crescent
4.2% 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
9:07 AM
8:45 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.2%
- Age
- 2.0 days
- Distance
- 399,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2149
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 | 23.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 127.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 19m / -5.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 200.18° / 2.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.23° / -3.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.03° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.