The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 26, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
76.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:11 PM
1:56 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.0%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 390,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1209
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 | 121.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -56.2° / 69.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 34m / -22.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.24° / -3.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.94° / 4.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 65.37° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.