The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 18, 2161
Waning Crescent
1.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:02 AM
6:44 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.7%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 358,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2952
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 346.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.4° / 168.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 47m / 2.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.17° / -4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.86° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -168.27° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.