The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 18, 2106
Waning Gibbous
71.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 PM
12:41 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.5%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2272
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 | 244.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.5° / 287.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 53m / 18.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 60.06° / -1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.61° / 2.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.20° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.