The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 26, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
62.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:54 PM
12:43 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.5%
- Age
- 9.1 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 269
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 | 104.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.0° / 84.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 17m / -21.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 287.82° / 0.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.57° / -0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.35° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.