The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 18, 2145
Waxing Crescent
3.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 AM
8:42 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.8%
- Age
- 1.7 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2755
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 22.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.6° / 129.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -6.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.37° / 1.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.43° / -0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.39° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 290.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.