The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 26, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:34 PM
5:27 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1147
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.6° / 357.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 53m / -5.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.64° / 1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.81° / -1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 17.95° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.