The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 26, 1908
Waxing Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:09 AM
7:17 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 1.1 days
- Distance
- 399,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -176
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.4° / 152.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -1.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.34° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.22° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.12° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.