The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 26, 2014
Waxing Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 AM
8:41 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1135
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 128.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 56m / -10.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.79° / 1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.38° / -0.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.55° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.