The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 18, 2174
Waning Crescent
43.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.5%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 389,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Auriga
- Lunation number
- 3113
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.8° / 276.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 16m / 28.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.60° / 5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.10° / -6.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.84° / -0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.