The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 18, 2111
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:38 PM
8:09 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 15.2 days
- Distance
- 367,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2334
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 193.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.4° / 311.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / -0.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.71° / -4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.15° / 6.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.63° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.