The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 26, 1920
Waxing Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 PM
5:51 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -28
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 | 162.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.0° / 354.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 02m / -1.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.02° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.81° / -4.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.57° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.