The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 18, 2181
Waxing Gibbous
77.1% 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
4:42 PM
2:20 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.1%
- Age
- 9.6 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3200
Events on this date
-
Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,700 km.
Exact values
For Sep 18, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.2° / 60.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 01m / -15.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.12° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.47° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.17° / -0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.