The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 26, 2016
Waning Crescent
17.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 AM
5:08 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 387,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1159
Events on this date
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Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 310.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.5° / 230.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 04m / 14.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.23° / -2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.31° / 3.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -123.71° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.