The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 26, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:42 PM
6:10 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 402,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 442
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 | 166.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 13.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.3° / 348.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 17m / -1.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.46° / 2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.38° / -3.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.18° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.