The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 26, 1946
Waxing Crescent
1.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:29 AM
8:23 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.9%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 294
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 | 15.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 163.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.4° / 133.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 14m / -3.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.40° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.42° / -5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 169.23° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.