The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 26, 1916
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:43 AM
5:46 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 392,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -78
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 | 352.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 46.9° / 183.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 39m / -2.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.08° / -4.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.25° / 6.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.21° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.