The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 26, 1984
Waxing Crescent
3.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:05 AM
8:33 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.7%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 359,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 764
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 21.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 157.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.0° / 130.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -7.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.58° / 2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.31° / -3.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 161.60° / 1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.