The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 18, 2136
Last Quarter
48.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.5%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2643
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Venus and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.0° / 280.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 51m / 28.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.02° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.35° / -6.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.42° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.