The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 26, 2003
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 AM
7:59 PM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 999
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 7.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.5° / 140.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 44m / -1.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 190.45° / 3.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.98° / -3.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.04° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.