The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 26, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
71.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:46 PM
1:30 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.5%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 402,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 974
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 | 115.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.7° / 75.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 06m / -22.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.97° / -2.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.94° / 3.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.16° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.