The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 26, 1919
Waxing Crescent
5.9% 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
9:47 AM
8:28 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 402,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -40
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 | 27.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.5° / 131.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 50m / -13.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.51° / -2.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.22° / 3.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.37° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.