The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 18, 2134
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 AM
8:06 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 357,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2619
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 5.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.4° / 139.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 08m / 2.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.69° / 3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.58° / -3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.86° / 1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.