The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 26, 1905
Waning Crescent
7.0% 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
3:30 AM
5:14 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 366,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -214
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.2° / 220.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 18m / 10.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 152.34° / 0.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.45° / 0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.72° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.