The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 26, 1949
Waxing Crescent
23.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:33 AM
8:51 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.9%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 331
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 | 58.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.3° / 126.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 55m / -24.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.58° / -3.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.72° / 5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.57° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.