The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 26, 1969
Waning Gibbous
99.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:42 PM
8:12 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.1%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 578
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 | 190.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.7° / 322.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 48m / 7.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.93° / 2.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / -2.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.21° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.