The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 18, 2142
Waning Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 AM
6:45 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.4 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2717
Events on this date
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.2° / 168.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 47m / 2.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.32° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.48° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -164.46° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.