The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 26, 1930
Waxing Crescent
21.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 PM
9:45 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.6%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 96
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 | 55.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 117.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 40m / -22.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 238.02° / -2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.93° / 4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 131.88° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.