The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 18, 2179
Waning Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:35 PM
9:47 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3175
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 309.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 27m / 12.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.83° / 3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.85° / -4.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -30.21° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.