The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 26, 1929
Waning Crescent
43.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:51 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.5%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 83
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 277.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.8° / 275.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 48m / 27.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.71° / 4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.44° / -5.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.23° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.