The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 26, 1983
Waning Gibbous
81.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:56 PM
11:36 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.6%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 387,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 751
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 | 230.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.1° / 295.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 28m / 16.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.82° / -2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.45° / 3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.42° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.