The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 26, 2018
Waning Gibbous
97.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:36 PM
8:42 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.3%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 389,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1184
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 26, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.5° / 310.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 28m / 3.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.73° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.54° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -23.03° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.