The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 26, 1941
Waxing Crescent
36.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 PM
11:43 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.9%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 369,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 232
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 | 74.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.5° / 100.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 09m / -17.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.78° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.98° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.43° / 0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.