The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 26, 1933
First Quarter
50.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:19 PM
11:15 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.8%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 133
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 90.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.0° / 107.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 18m / -27.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.91° / -4.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.01° / 5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.27° / -0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.