The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 18, 2162
Waxing Gibbous
77.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 PM
2:27 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.9%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 383,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2965
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.9° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.8° / 59.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 03m / -15.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.76° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.28° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 61.97° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.