The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 18, 2108
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:49 PM
5:43 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 13.0 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2297
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 | 162.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.3° / 351.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 39m / -6.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.85° / 2.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.98° / -2.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.19° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.