The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 18, 2118
Waxing Crescent
12.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:48 AM
9:03 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.1%
- Age
- 3.0 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2421
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 364,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 40.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 139.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.6° / 124.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -17.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.93° / -3.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.82° / 5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 139.52° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 294.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.