The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 26, 1953
Waning Gibbous
82.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 PM
11:46 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.8%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 380
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 | 229.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.2° / 302.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 14m / 22.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.26° / 4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.71° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.38° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.