The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 26, 1926
Waning Gibbous
70.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:52 PM
11:47 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.6%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 380,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 46
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 | 245.71° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.2° / 296.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 29m / 18.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.55° / -2.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.18° / 4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.69° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.