The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 26, 1980
Waning Gibbous
92.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 PM
9:46 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.8%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 359,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 714
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 | 210.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 31.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 303.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 16m / 8.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.48° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.27° / 6.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -27.60° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.