The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 18, 2121
Waxing Crescent
36.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 PM
11:02 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.8%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2458
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.9° / 107.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 33m / -25.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.32° / -3.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.04° / 4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.40° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.