The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 18, 2116
Waxing Gibbous
90.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:31 PM
3:44 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.0%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2396
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 | 143.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -67.5° / 29.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 33m / -19.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.37° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.33° / 6.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.76° / 0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.