The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 18, 2151
Waxing Gibbous
59.4% 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
3:53 PM
12:12 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.4%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2829
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.7° / 91.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 27m / -25.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.17° / -2.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.66° / 3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 84.36° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.