The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 18, 2176
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:14 PM
6:54 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 376,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3138
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 5.7° of each other in the sky.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.0° / 334.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / 0.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 353.03° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.37° / -4.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -1.46° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.