The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 18, 2100
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:35 PM
7:21 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.3 days
- Distance
- 399,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2198
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Jupiter and Saturn close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 182.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.6° / 327.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 50m / 0.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.95° / 1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.18° / -1.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.60° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 27.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.