The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 18, 2175
Waxing Crescent
11.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 AM
8:51 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.2%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3126
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 38.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.6° / 125.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 02m / -17.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.53° / -4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.06° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 140.29° / -0.75° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.