The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 18, 2140
Waxing Crescent
42.8% 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
2:23 PM
11:36 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.8%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2693
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 81.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.6° / 103.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 06m / -25.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.72° / -2.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.92° / 3.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 94.58° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.