The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 18, 2146
Waxing Gibbous
96.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 PM
5:11 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.3%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2767
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 157.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 22.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -59.3° / 359.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 20m / -8.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.48° / 1.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.41° / -1.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.75° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.