The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 26, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 PM
4:31 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 207
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 | 159.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.5° / 24.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 47m / -3.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.88° / 3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.30° / -4.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.45° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.