The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 26, 1945
Waning Gibbous
69.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:56 PM
12:58 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.9%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 281
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 | 246.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.1° / 287.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 34m / 19.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 69.86° / -2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.77° / 3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.99° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.