The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 26, 2017
Waxing Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 PM
11:33 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 6.4 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1172
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.4° / 101.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 09m / -18.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.94° / 4.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.54° / -5.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 106.40° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.