The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 18, 2158
Waning Crescent
16.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:57 AM
5:29 PM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.4%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 379,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2915
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 58.5° / 229.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 41m / 17.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.14° / -0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / 1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -127.15° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.