The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 18, 2148
Waxing Crescent
26.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 PM
10:50 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.4%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2792
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 106.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 47m / -14.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 237.79° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.21° / -5.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.23° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.