The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 26, 1960
Waxing Crescent
34.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 PM
11:31 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.6%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 467
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 | 71.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.2° / 102.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 59m / -17.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.35° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.64° / -6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.61° / 0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.