The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 26, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:49 PM
5:00 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 374,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1011
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
-
Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 156.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.9° / 359.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 52m / -11.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.96° / -4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.21° / 5.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 28.19° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.