The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 26, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
73.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 PM
1:57 AM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.3%
- Age
- 10.4 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 405
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 | 117.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.27% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.0° / 67.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 08m / -16.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.45° / 3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.79° / -3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 58.14° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.1° |
| 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.