The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 26, 1923
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:28 PM
8:43 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 15.8 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 9
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.1° / 312.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 20m / 4.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.38° / -3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.88° / 4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.21° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.