The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 18, 2124
Waxing Gibbous
77.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:43 PM
2:24 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2495
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,800 km.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.6° / 61.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -15.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.09° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.77° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.36° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.