The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 26, 1997
Waning Crescent
21.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 AM
4:49 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.2%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 924
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 | 305.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 51.8° / 237.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 42m / 14.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.96° / -3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.18° / 4.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -119.90° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.